Nick Rout wrote:
On Sat, 2004-05-29 at 17:11, InfoHelp wrote:
InfoHelp wrote:
Nick Rout wrote:
In this case if you want a newer version it is time to rsync and emerge
the new version. Assuming it is a later version. what version do you
have at the moment? emerge -s ati-drivers to find out.
3.2.8-r1
this also told me that there was an "ati-drivers-extra 3.2.8-r1" available but "[Not Installed]", so I've put that in - could it help? (before I reboot to find out..)
what do you mean "put that in"?
emerge - done.
More startx efforts, with no luck. Not sure whether the ATI driver version really is the problem yet - SuSE's XF86Config-4 run from Gentoo starts Gnome, with some error boxes & no mouse.
Hacking about with XF86Config ...
I have bones to pick with Gnome (laptop battery sensor), so I'm still evaluating KDE too.Is there an '#emerge *' or '--all' available, to save picking thru the CD (binary packages = /usr/portage contents, right?)There is no need to remove the previous version.* Sounds like I better emerge everything possibly needed off the packages CD first, & worry about X only after that's done. *
if you want all those packages then go for it. I got the impression you didn't want kde etc?
May yet settle there - esp if KDE incorporates Desktop Switcher program icons like Gnome has!
Have had a hunt, with binaries CD mounted on the gateway, but found no Quanta or gFTP - did these end up somewhere handy? (= the one listed in /usr/portage) They were the main extra things I needed. Anyone tested chrootkit? Much value in running it? Anything else now? kppp?..
"emerge -g quanta" falls over after trying to make kde
(KDE 3.2.1 is largely installed, but some items not - mostly those "emerge -p kde" lists after kde-base.)
Now with PORTAGE_BINHOST="http://192.168.0.254/mnt/cdrom/All"; (ok?) I just get "unpack tuple of wrong size"
Also, in a bash script file, how should CLI lines be ended? ";"?.. (trying to automate Gentoo console mounting).
Cheers
Rik
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